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News, January 2005January 29th, resumé.(Sport news click more) earthquake 4.6 in Murcia, also affects neighbouring provinces - no one hurt; weather takes a break - more snow and wind expected tomorrow; yesterday, for the third day... worst winter weather for 20 years and 3rd worst for 100: snow and ice across Spain - inland temperatures down to -15ºC (4ºF), and -8º in Mallorca, snow at beach level in north and Mallorca, mountain passes (some still) and Menorca airport were closed, Madrid-France road and rail links now partially reopened in Basque Country, warnings of more to come; Judge Baltasar Garzón to try 35 Basque party Batasuna members for membership of ETA; Ibarretxe plan, a home rule project for the Basque Country to be debated in Madrid Congress on 1st February - expected to be rejected - Go Basque Politics; flu epidemic at highest point for a decade- currently over 200,000 affected, double the last peak in December; The Sea Inside nominated for Oscar for best foreign language film; tow trucks again on strike nationwide. Other major headlines recently have included: open boat with corpses of 10 would-be immigrants found adrift 500km south of Canaries, later lost; 18th Zapatero gave interview on TVE -3.5 million saw broadcast- Zapatero's willingness to negotiate an end to the violence warmly received by police and other groups; ETA hit again on 17th in Bilbao with powerful car bomb, making peace negotiation unlikely; Algerian arrested on terrorist charges ordered by judge Garzón; judges' council warns against constitutional irregularities in bill on homosexual 'marriage; Catholic Episcopal Conference accepts recommendation of condoms to reduce Aids risk - then forced to withdraw statement; waves up to 8m smash cars and windows on sea fronts along north coast; 5% of young people are now immigrants; Spain's prime archeological treasure, the Dame of Elche, may be moved definitively back to Elche (Alicante) from Madrid; Spanish support ship Galicia has left on aid mission to Sumatra - it has a highly equipped military hospital on board, as well as troops, vehicles and 60 tonnes of aid; Camorra boss detained in Barcelona; Briton Tony King, convicted Costa del Sol rapist and murderer, again in dock in disappearance case; soprano Victoria de los Angeles has died in Barcelona; gas explosion in Madrid block of flats - 3 dead; explosion in Burgos warehouse - 10 now dead; Lehedakari Ibarretxe met president Zapatero 13th to discuss his home rule plan for the Basque Country - much dissension over the project both at national and regional level- Zapatero refused to accept the plan; Spanish troops and NGOs established in Indonesia for aid operation; plan to send condemned fishing boats to Tsumani nations - EU ban meant they should be scrapped; man condemned to 40 years for ETA murder of 4 Civil guards 25 years ago - having been extradited from Venezuela; 72 women died at the hands of their partners in 2004, 3 already in 2005. Sport:Football (soccer): A new book by Spanish evangelical leader Jaime Fernandez is aiming to reach English priemiership footballers - more at http://www.protestantedigital.com/hemeroteca/052/spain.htm#5 ; Barça now has two evangelicals, as Edmilson has joined Sylvinho there - both are Brazilians and members of Athletes for Christ - however, Edmilson is sadly injured and will be half the season off the field; Liverpool has signed Madrid's Fernando Morientes to make it almost more Spanish than English; Beckham finally playing well; Barcelona continues to lead League, Barcelona and Madrid still in Champions' League; top teams out of Copa del Rey. |